Midazolam in conjunction with local anaesthesia is superior to Entonox in providing pain relief during bone marrow aspirate and trephine biopsy

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1051-1054

  Chakupurakal, G ^a   Delgado, J ^a   Nikolousis, E ^a   Pitchapillai, S ^a   Allotey, D ^a   Holder, K ^a   Bratby, L ^a   De La Rue, J ^a   Milligan, D W ^a,b  

^a Heart of England Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUMAZENIL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NAUSEA; OXYGEN SATURATION; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51349095175     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2008.058180     Document Type: Article

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